tradition is only democracy extended through time. Author: G.K. Chesterton Copy Quote More from G.K. Chesterton “Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors.…” “But the more shrewdly and earnestly we study the histories of men, the less rea…” “It is the one great weakness of journalism as a picture of our modern existence…” “The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go …”